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1881 - Colorado State Business Directory

with Colorado Mining Directory and Colorado Live Stock Directory Departments 1881

Seventh Annual Volume.
Denver, Col.:
J. A. Blake, Publisher. 1881
Index to Towns
Colorado State Officers
U. S. Officials For Colorado
District Court
First Judicial District
Official Census of Colorado, 1880
State Election – 1880
County Superintendents of School
Counties, County Seats, Area, Valuation and Population
County Officers
Post-Offices in Colorado
Business Directories by Town
Colorado Live Stock Directory – 1881
Index to Towns Top 
Hayden          Page 200
Colorado State Officers Top
Executive Department 
State Capital              Denver
State Building             15th and Glenarm sts.

Office                       Official                County
Governor                     Frederick W. Pitkin     Ouray
Lieutenant-Governor          H. A. W. Tabor          Lake
Secretary of State           Norman H. Meldrum       Larimer
Treasurer                    W. C. Saunders          Weld
Auditor                      Joseph A. Davis         Custer
Auditor-General              Charles H. Toll         Rio Grande
Supt. of Public Instruction  L. S. Cornell           Boulder
Secretary to the Governor    M. J. Gavisk
Clerk to Secretary of State  James M. Galloway
U. S. Officials For Colorado Top 
Office                            Official
Assayer U. S. Mint                Herman Silver, Denver
Clerk U. S. Court                 Keyes Danforth, Denver
Collector Internal Revenue        J. S. Wolfe, Denver
Surveyor General                  Albert Johnson, Denver
U. S. Attorney                    E. L. Johnson, Denver
U. S. District Judge              Moses Hallett, Denver
U. S. Marshall                    P. P. Wilcox, Denver
District Court Top
First District 
Office       Official

Judge        Chester C. Carpenter, Golden
Attorney     Alpheus Wright, Boulder
First Judicial District Top
Routt County – Attached to Grand for Judicial purposes.
Official Census of Colorado, 1880 Top 
Counties    Total    Males    Females    Native    Foreign    White    Colored *
Routt        140      122       18        107         33        39         1

* Including in the State, 610 Chinese and 128 Indians and half-breeds.
State Election – 1880 Top
The following is the official canvass of the votes cast at the Third Biennial State election, held Nov. 2, 1880. 

Congress                      Routt Co. Vote
Belford, Rep.                    30
Morrison, Dem.                   19
Murray, G’b’k.                    0
Governor                      Routt Co. Vote
Pitkins, Rep.                    31
Hough, Dem.                      18
Chittenden, G’b’k.                0
County Superintendents of School Top 
Routt County        M. C. La Due        Hayden
Counties, County Seats, Area, Valuation and Population Top 
County    County Seat     Area Sq. Miles     Valuation     Population 1881

Routt       Hayden            5000            $85,864          150
County Officers Top 
Routt County     County Seat – Hayden
Office             Official
County Judge       G. W. Edwards
County Clerk       F. M. Jones
Sheriff            E. R. Cody
Assessor           Thomas H. Iles
Treasurer          H. A. Crawford
Post-Offices in Colorado Top 
Hahn’s Peak               Routt
Hayden                    Routt
Steamboat Springs         Routt
Business Directories by Town Top 
Hahn’s Peak               Page 199

Mining camp in Routt county, 130 miles south of Laramie City.
International Mining Co.
McIntosh & Cady, gen’l mdse.

Hayden                    Page 200

County seat of Routt county, 200 miles northwest of Denver, via Georgetown and Hot Sulphur Springs. Semi-weekly mails.
Business Directory
Beaver, G. R., saloon.
Bishop, S. G., dentist.
Davenport Hotel, W. T. Davenport, prop.
Goodspeed & co., gen’l mdse.
Harrison & Fraser, blacksmith.
Rodgers & McIntyre, gen. mdse.
Ryan, S. L., attorney.
Ryan, S. L. & Co., gen’l mdse.
Waggoner, S. M., postmaster & hotel
Whiting, E., surveyor.
Colorado Live Stock Directory – 1881 Top
Cattle Grower, Dealers and Shippers.
The following list has been carefully revised from the County Assessors’ rolls in each county. 

Name                            Town
Crawford Bros.,                 Steamboat Springs
Dunn, James E.,                 Steamboat Springs
Farnsworth, L. T.,              Steamboat Springs
Hodges & Maudlin,               Steamboat Springs
Le Ducke, M. C.,                Steamboat Springs
Potwin, L. H.,                  Steamboat Springs
Reid, S. B.,                    Steamboat Springs
Stafford, Geo. W. & Co.,        Steamboat Springs
Wood, Chas. H.,                 Steamboat Springs
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